I have written about Judy Collins before; she is one of my favorite pure folk singers.  President Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton named their only daughter, Chelsea Clinton, after Collins’ recording of the Joni Mitchell song “Chelsea Morning”.  (Interestingly, “Chelsea” and “Clinton” are adjoining sections on the West Side of Manhattan, just above Greenwich Village; Clinton is kind of a made-up name for the area that is also known as Hell’s Kitchen).  Judy Collins had her first hit with another of Joni’s songs, “Both Sides Now”. 

(November 2014)